[Scummvm-devel] ScummVM 0.13.0 has been released. 0.13.1 plans

[Max Horn]

Am 01.03.2009 um 15:23 schrieb Eugene Sandulenko:

> On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:09:38 -0500
> Max Horn <max at quendi.de> wrote:
>
>> * Besides implementing all that automated testing, we need a build
>> server. This server could serve two purposes:
> ....
>> sufficient GSoC money to rent a good server now, we could even
>> afford $100/month for some time
> We already have a nicely set up VM with enough resources donated by
> qvist. Why not use that? We have root access to it. It is planned to
> move our private SVN repo there as well as the planet and doxygen, as
> they still sit on that old physical server.

It wasn't clear to me that we could use it that way, for heavy duty  
workload. Does it have enough RAM and CPU power, as well as HD space  
(let's say 10-20 GB) ? Also, several porters would require some  
access, to setup and maintain their build chains. Oh, and if we want  
to use it to offer daily builds of our ports, then a lot of traffic  
might result from that, too..
And shouldn't it be in a separate VM, for security reasons?

Finally, well -- having the machine is only one step. Setting up the  
build system still requires "someone" to get it started. Several  
porters agreed to help with it, but the basic infrastructure has to be  
setup:
* Which software to use? (buildbot is my recommendation at this point,  
but whoever does the work gets to decide)
* There should be some kind of "design" for the setup of the box. I.e.  
don't just setup everything in a chaotic ad-hoc manner, or it will  
soon get a nightmare to maintain. Instead, decide where source  
checkouts are made, how to setup port build scripts, where to store  
builds, etc.


Bye,
Max